44th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2000

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONTINUE TEAMWORKS, A JOB PLACEMENT PROGRAM THAT IS TO BE COUNTED TOWARD THE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. APPROPRIATION.--One million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the commission on the status of women for expenditure in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose of continuing to implement TEAMWORKS, a job placement program for persons eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families who are referred to the commission by the human services department from July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. The commission shall cooperate and coordinate with the human services department. Prior to the expenditure of any of the appropriation, the commission shall seek approval for each program it develops from the human services department. Expenditure of any of the appropriation is contingent upon certification by the secretary of human services to the department of finance and administration that the commission has entered into an agreement with the human services department that provides for programs that maintain a work-first concept; programs that contain measurable performance standards; programs that identify the number of target clients; programs that provide a tracking and reporting element; and appropriate administrative and accounting procedures and oversight by the human services department to ensure that expenditures shall meet all federal and state requirements for maintenance of effort, including adherence to the cap on the administrative costs. Additionally, the commission shall provide quarterly reports of all its expenditures to the human services department, the welfare reform oversight committee and the legislative finance committee. The appropriation shall not be expended for any purpose that may jeopardize its classification as maintenance of effort. The appropriation shall be reported by the human services department as maintenance of effort. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2001 shall revert to the general fund.